CV, cerebrovascular death trends vary across Asian American subgroups

In a related editorial, Monica Parks, a cardiology fellow at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and colleagues wrote that despite decades of research describing Asian Americans as an aggregate and the persistent stereotype of Asian Americans as a “model minority,” studies demonstrate substantial heterogeneity in CVD prevalence and outcomes across Asian American subgroups, with a notably increased disease burden among Filipinos and Asian Indians.